Well I’m retyping this because my last post didn’t go through.
This might be a common problem, but it is new to me (although I didn’t have my car last school year). My ACT clutch is usually pretty stiff. When I start my car in the morning the clutch gets loose/easy goes to the floor after the friction point. It goes away after 10-15 minutes.
Is this normal?
I would tell you to check the tranny fluid if it was a auto but well its not so i wont tell you… sorry dude. i have no idea…
Originally posted by ibpimp2u
I would tell you to check the tranny fluid if it was a auto but well its not so i wont tell you… sorry dude. i have no idea…
lol. ok.
I have a similar problem with my clutch but I figured it has to do with the fact that I’ve got 170K kilometers on the original clutch.
At times it feels like the clutch isn’t there, drops easy with no friction, at other times it hard to push,
Last year my clutch pedal spring broke and went flying, fixed it and thought maybe that was the source of my problem- bad install.
let us know what it is if you find out.
That’s interesting becaue I think my clutch is starting to go. But I don’t think there is even more than 60k on it right now.
I’m having trouble shifting into first, sometimes fifth as well as the loosening problem. How could an ACT clutch go after 50k miles? Bad Install?
Grr.
Originally posted by Amos
[B]That’s interesting becaue I think my clutch is starting to go. But I don’t think there is even more than 60k on it right now.
I’m having trouble shifting into first, sometimes fifth as well as the loosening problem. How could an ACT clutch go after 50k miles? Bad Install?
Grr. [/B]
You might want to check your tranny fluid level first before thinking about a bad clutch install.
Regards,
Oz
had it checked and changed last oil change (1000k) and there is fully synthetic in there now. I’ll check it again though (leak possibly)?
manual trannys have tranny fluid?:think:
Where do u put it in at?
Yep and its a pain in the mother f###### @$$… you can try to get a long hose and pour it in that way or take the tire off and deal with it that way… but the drain plug is about 5 o’clock from the cv boot shaft. and the filler bolt is about 10 o’clock from the cvboot shaft… if you can find a better way than me then go for it. but you should change it every 30K for manual trans. said in the god book
so where is the place u put the fluid in again???:shock:
you can remove the speedo cable from the trans and pour it in there i think.
Jack up your car, and get under it and look on the passenger side of the transmission. There, you should see 2 large bolts. The one on the bottom is the drain bolt, and the one on top is the fill bolt. They are a few inches apart.
And it’s not a pain in the ass as ibpimp2u said. First off, go to Honda and get Honda MTF (manual transmission fluid). I believe you need to buy 3 quarts, though you only use a about 2 1/2.
Now, drain the fluid from the tranny. I’m not exactly sure what size the bolts are. However, when you do it, take off the TOP FILL bolt first b/c I have heard stories of people draining the fluid, and not being able to remove the fill bolt to refill it. Then obviously get a pan, and take off the DRAIN bolt.
Then get a funnel, and a piece of rubber tubing that will fit over the end of the funnel, and make sure its about 3 feet just to be safe (if you have to, obviously you can cut it)
This is where you should have another person at hand to help you. First off, try and get the car AS LEVEL AS POSSIBLE. (And make sure you have put the drain bolt back in) Have one of you underneath the car kind of holding the end of the tube into the tranny and monitoring the fill hole. Obviously, the other one of you has to pour the fluid into the funnel. It’s kinda thick, so it’s gonna take some time. The person underneath car should tell you to stop pouring fluid when the fluid begins to leak out of the fill hole.
Now put the fill bolt back in, clean up your mess, and then just check periodically to make sure you’re not leaking anything. I did mine last fall for my first time. It’s really not that hard.
Good Luck!
thanx!..maybe thats all i need and maybe why my clutch sux now?